Suzanna arundhati roy biography indian
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Arundhati Roy
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Introduction
Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian novelist best known for her novel "The God of Small Things," which won the Booker Prize for Fiction and went on to become the best-selling book by an Indian author.
She is also a political activist who advocates for human rights and environmental protection.
Early life
Arundhati Roy was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India, on November 24, , to Mary Roy, a Malayali Jacobite Syrian Christian women's rights activist from Kerala, and Rajib Roy, a Bengali Hindu tea plantation manager from Calcutta. Her parents split when she turned two, and she moved back to Kerala with her mother and brother. Roy's maternal grandparents in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, were visited by the family. When she was five, her family relocated
Roy attended Corpus Christi School in Kottayam before transferring to Lovedale, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu's Lawrence School. She studied architecture at the School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi, w
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Arundhati Roy Age, Husband, Family, Biography
• Novelist
• Activist
• Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things.
• The Lannan Foundation's Cultural Freedom Award for her work about civil societies.
• Awarded "special recognition" as a Woman of Peace at the Global Exchange Human Rights Awards in San Francisco.
• The Sydney Peace Prize for her work in social campaigns and her advocacy of non-violence.
• The Sahitya Akademi Award bygd the Government of India for her collection of essays on contemporary issues, "The Algebra of Infinite Justice," but she declined to accept it.
• Awarded the Norman Mailer Prize for Distinguished W
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Arundhati Roy facts for kids
Not to be confused with Anuradha Roy (novelist).
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| Born | Suzanna Arundhati Roy () 24 November (age 63) Shillong, Assam (present-day Meghalaya), India |
| Occupation | Writer, essayist, activist |
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| Alma mater | School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi |
| Period | –present |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
| Notable works | The God of Small Things |
| Notable awards |
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| Parents | Mary Roy (mother) |
| Relatives | Prannoy Roy (cousin) |
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Suzanna Arundhati Roy (born 24 November ) is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things (), which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in and became the best-selling book by a non-expatriate Indian author.